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Hidden in plain sight: the tragedy of children's rights from Ben Franklin to Lionel Tate

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Woodhouse, Barbara Bennett

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Princeton University Press

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English

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Endicott College - General Collection
KF 479 .W66 2008
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How to think about childhood

How to think about children's rights

Boys in slavery and servitude : Frederick Douglass

Girls at the intersection of age, race and gender : Dred Scott's daughters

Growing up in state custody : "Tony" and "John G."

The printer's apprentice : Ben Franklin and youth speech

Youth in the civil rights movement : John Lewis and Sheyanne Webb

Old maids and little women : Louisa Alcott and William Cather

Breaking the prison of disability : Helen Keller and the children of "Greenhaven"

Hide and survive : Anne Frank and "Liu"

Children at work : newsboys, entrepreneurs, and "Evelyn"

Telling the scariest secrets: Maya Angelou and "Jeannie"

Age and the idea of innocence : "Amal" and Lionel Tate.

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Foreword / Ruth O'Brien

Preface

Introduction: Ain't I a person?

1: How to think about childhood

2: How to think about children's rights

Part 1: Privacy Principle: Stories Of Bondage And Belonging

3: Boys in slavery and servitude: Frederick Douglass

4: Girls at the intersection of age, race and gender: Dred Scott's daughters

5: Growing up in state custody: "Tony" and "John G"

Part 2: Agency Principle: Stories Of Voice And Participation

6: Printer's apprentice: Ben Franklin and youth speech

7: Youth in the civil rights movement: John Lewis and Sheyanne Webb

Part 3: Equality Principle: Stories Of Equal Opportunity

8: Old maids and little women: Louisa Alcott and William Cather

9: Breaking the prison of disability: Helen Keller and the children of "Greenhaven"

Part 4: Dignity Principle: Stories Of Resistance And Resilience

10: Hide and survive: Anne Frank and "Liu"

11: Children at work: newsboys, entrepreneurs, and "Evelyn"

Part 5: Protection Principle: Stories Of Guilt And Innocence

12: Telling the scariest secrets: Maya Angelou and "Jeannie"

13: Age and the idea of innocence: "Amal" and Lionel Tate

Conclusion: Future of rights

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Subjects

African American children
African American children -- Civil rights -- History
Children
Children's rights
Children's rights -- United States -- History
Children -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States
Civil rights
Constitutional
Convention on the Rights of the Child
Electronic books
History
Human Rights
Kind
Kinderrechtskonvention
LAW
LAW -- Constitutional
LAW -- Public
Legal status, laws, etc
Menschenrecht
POLITICAL SCIENCE
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Human Rights
Public
USA

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9780691126906
9781400829651

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